Deep among Guatemala's northern rainforests is the Tikal complex of Mayan ruins. A Mayan city known as Yax Mutal, the capital ...

Archaeologists believe the massive city was a political capital based on the presence ... Those surveys revealed the ...

The Yucatán Peninsula is rich in ancient history ... Often referred to as the last great Mayan capital, Mayapan offers a ...

The city played a key role in the history of this region for more than twelve centuries and is characterized by well-preserved structures providing a vivid picture of life in an ancient Maya capital.

Image caption, You’ve now arrived in Mayapan, one of the last great cities of the ancient Maya. Its name means 'flag of the Maya people', and it was the capital of a powerful union of states ...

Photo from Xavier Sicart Chavarría via INAH Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s but ...

Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha ... the city was transformed from relative obscurity into a powerful Maya capital. Its imposing palaces, extensive administrative buildings, and ...

It shakes up our picture of who the Maya were.” The research examined three valleys, each containing the capital of an independent kingdom, ancient cities known today as Piedras Negras, La Mar and ...

Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s but hadn’t tried mapping it — until recently.

Photo from Xavier Sicart Chavarría via INAH Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s ...